Flexible doll head with eye set, and eye set support means therefor



April 39, 1935. J. GRUBMAN FLEXIBLE DOLL HEAD WITH EYE SET, AND EYE SET SUPPORT MEANS THEREFOR Filed NOV. 4, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR Leo J. Grubman' w V M ATTORNEYS April 39, 11935. L. J. GRUBMAN FLEXIBLE DOLL HEAD WITH EYE SET, AND EYE SET SUPPORT MEANS THEREFOR Filed NOV. 4, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR Leo J Grubmom w 7 ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 30, 1935 UNITED FLEXIBLE DOLL HEAD WITH EYE SET, AND

EYE SET SUPPQRT MEANS THEREFOR poration of New York Application November 4,

20 Claims.

This invention relates to dolls, and more particularly to flexible doll heads provided with eye sets, and also relates to eye set support means for such heads.

Flexible doll heads molded, for example, out of rubber, have proved popular because of their better simulation of the yieldability of natural flesh. Such heads, however, have not commonly been provided with movable eye sets such as are regularly employed on the more expensive or better varieties of rigid head. This is so because of numerous and manifest difficulties which arise in connection with flexible heads, due largely to the flexible and readily deformable nature of the head. It is diflicult, for example, to establish a fixed or desirable spacial relation between eye set support means and the eye sockets or eye openings in a rubber head because the eye openings are readily distorted by deformation of other parts of the head. Furthermore, I have found that a change in shape, or deformation of the eye opening, takes place as the rubber of the head ages, for a certain sagging or sinking the material seems to occur in the course of time. Accordingly, one primary and important object of the present invention is to overcome the foregoing d fiiculties and to reinforce the eye openings of the head, so that despite the flexibility and yieldability of the head as a whole, the eye openings themselves Will permanently retain their initial shape and dimension. The reinforced eye openings are designed not only to resist externally applied stress, but also to obviate any change in shape caused by sagging or sinking of the material of the head with passage of time.

Another important and practically self-evident difiiculty which arises when attempting to equip flexible heads with movable eyes, is to provide appropriate supporting means for mounting the eye set in the head. The problem is difficult of solution even in thecase of a rigid be cause allowance must be for extremely rough handling and abuse of the head, and, in the case of a flexible head, these difiiculties are greatly multiplied. Accordingly, another primary object of the present invention resides in the provision of suitable support means for mounting an eye set in a doll head, particularly a flexible or rubber doll head. Ancillary objects of in vention considered in this aspect are not only to fulfil the desiderata of strength, economy, and ease of attachment of the eye set, but also the maintenance of a fixed spacial relation between the center of oscillation of the eye set and the eye openings. By accurately maintaining the 1932, Serial No. 641,164

desired spacial relation, a predetermined slight clearance may be established which permits free and frictionless operation of the eye set. This is particularly desirable in the case of a rubber head because a spring action between the support means and the eye set requires excessive spring pressure, with increase in contact friction, if the eye set is to be kept in proper contact with the eye openings despite deformation of the kind occurring in a flexible head. This increase in friction is not desirably overcome by the use of a heavier operating weight because such weight, if excessive, itself tends to pull the'eye set away from the eye openings. It will be apparent that the present invention, by first reinforcing and rigidifying the eye openings, and by secondly establishing a fixed and dependable relation between the eye set and the eye openings, avoids the foregoing diificulties and establishes conditions not only comparable to but in some respects actually superior to those existing in the case of a rigid head.

The eye openings are preferably reinforced by the use of socket plates embedded in the material of the head when molding the same; and further objects of my invention are, first, to make a given size and type of socket plate suitable for use with several sizes of head; and secondly, to adapt such socket plates for use both when the eye openings are to be permitted relative movement, and when the eye openings are to be reinforced and rigidified relatively as well as individually. Still further objects of the present invention are to provide for supporting the eye set by either outer or inner or central bearings, as desired, or both outer and inner bearings supporting each eye member adjacent the mating eye opening, and, in the latter case, when relative movement of the eye openings is permitted, to provide for yieldability of the connection between the operating weight and the eye members.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and such other objects as will hereinafter appear, my invention consists in the flexible head and reinforcing and eye set supporting elements, and their relation one to the other, as hereinafter are more particularly described in the specification and sought to be defined in the claims. The specification is accompanied by drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a vertical section taken through a doll head embodying one form of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken in the plane of the line 2-2 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail section taken in the plane of the line 33 in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a similar view of a modification, while Fig. 5 is a detail further explanatory of such modification;

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Figs. 3 and 4:, of a further modification, while Fig. 7 is explanatory of said modification;

Fig. 8 is a rear elevation of another form of my invention;

Fig. 9 is a horizontal section through the same;

Fig. 10 is a vertical section taken in the plane of the line i8-i0 in Fig. 8;

Fig. 11 is a vertical section taken through another form of my invention;

Fig. 12 is a detail explanatory thereof;

Fig. 13 is a rear elevation of the same;

Fig. 14 is a rear elevation of still another form of my invention;

Fig. 15 is a horizontal section taken in the plane of the line i5-l5 in Fig. 14;

Fig. 16 is a vertical section taken in the plane of the line iii-56 in Fig. 14;

Fig. 17 is a rear elevation of still another form of insert or fitting adapted to be molded in the head;

Fig. 18 is a horizontal section through the same; and

Fig. 19 is a vertical section taken in the plane of the line l9i9 in Fig. 17.

Referring to the various forms of invention shown in the drawings, the head H is molded out of a moldable material, preferably a flexible material such as rubber, and is provided with a movable or oscillatable eye set E fitting in eye openings formed in the head. The eye opening is in each case reinforced by an appropriate reinforce plate P having a main opening concentric with the eye opening and embedded or molded directly inside of the front wall of the head. The opening in the reinforce plate P may, of course, be made equal to the eye opening but is preferably made larger than the eye opening, first, to increase manufacturing tolerance in registering the same; secondly, to avoid exposing the metallic edge of the reinforce plate; and third, to make a given size of reinforce plate suitable for a range of size of doll head. The difference in spacing between the eyes in different size heads may be accommodated by using separate reinforce plates, as in the arrangements of Figs. 8, l3, and 14, or, if it is preferred to rigidly in terconnect the plates so as to prevent relative movement of the eye openings, the plates are interconnected by using a separate connecting piece C spot welded to the reinforce plates, as shown in Figs. 2 and 17, for example. It will be evident, without additional comment, that the reinforce plates P prevent the eye openings from being squeezed out of shape by-deformation of the head, and further that any sag or change in shape or dimension of the head, due to aging of the rubber, will not result in changing the eye openings themselves.

The various modifications of the invention are further generically characterized by the fact that in each case the eye set E is supported in desired and predetermined spacial relation to the eye openings by support means S formed integrally with or'rigidly attached to the aforesaid reinforce plates P. This mode of support obviously fixes and maintains the spacial relation between the eye set and the eye opening and, besides solving the problem of maintaining this spacing, it incidentally but very importantly solves the problem of providing suitable support means for mounting an eye set in a doll head even when the head is molded of flexible rubber.

Considering the first form of my invention in greater detail, and referring to Figs. 1, 2, and 3 of the drawings, the head H is molded out of flexible rubber in a one-piece molding operation, in accordance with known practice. The eye set E may be of conventional type comprising a cross rod l2 carrying eye members I4 and a depending weight it. The reinforce plates P are stamped out of sheet metal and are so shaped and dimensioned as to fit within the head wall around the eye openings E3 of the head. This necessitates an outward dishing or concavity of the plates, as will be evident from an inspection of Fig. 1, and even more clearly evident by reference to Fig. 18. Each plate is provided with a main opening at which is preferably somewhat larger than the eye opening it. Each plate is preferably further provided with smaller locating openings 22. These openings are designed to mate with locating pins formed on the core of the mold, which pins insure proper location of the reinforce plates and proper concentricity of the openings l8 and 2%. Additional holes may be provided in the reinforce plates permitting the material of the head to flow therethrough during the molding operation, in order to improve the security with which the plate is anchored in the head, and in order to bind together the sides of the Wall on opposite sides of the plate.

The reinforce plates P are interconnected by connecting means C extending therebetween and afiixed thereto, as by spot welding. In the present case the connecting means C consists of an H-shaped member extending horizontally between the reinforce plates. The general arrangement will be apparent from an inspection of Figs. 17 and 18, showing reinforce plates P interconnected by a horizontally positioned H-shaped member C. Reverting to Fig. 2, the ends 26 of the H- shaped member straddle the openings 29 and are spot welded to the top and bottom of the reinforce plates. The space between the ends 26 is preferably formed by striking and rearwardly bending the metal to form the rearwardly extending support arms S. The support arms are thus integral with the connecting member C which in turn is rigidly affixed to the reinforce plates P.

It will be noted that the head H includes ribs or webs 28 extending vertically above the support arms S. These webs are formed by grooves cut in the core about which the head is molded. The support arms S of the complete fitting rest in one end of the grooves. When the head is removed from the core, advantage is taken of the resilient nature of the material of the head, it being seized at the neck opening and pulled or rolled backwardly from the core. Grooves such as I am now mentioning, facilitates stripping the head from the core because they permit the metal arms S to slide rearwardly from the core. instead of necessitating that the head be stretched outwardly sufficiently to extract the arms from small recesses in the core. These grooves, which are primarily intended to facilitate removal of the molded head from the core, incidentally produce the webs 28 which in turn prove of advantage in reinforcing the forehead of the doll and providing a resistance to deformation at that point.

The arms S are preferably slotted or bifurcated, is indicated at 351, to receive the cross rod I: of the eye set. The cross rod may be retained in the slot 38 in a number of ways, that shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 involving the use of a framelike rectangular clip 32 made of spring metal and bent into I shape, as is best shown in Fig. 3.

Arms S are notched at 3A and tapered at 36 so that the clip 32 may he slipped over the pair of arms behind the cross rod and pushed forwardly until it snaps into notches 3t. The end of web 23 is thin and readily moved aside by th clip.

alternative way to anchor the cross rod in slot 35 of arm 8 shown in Figs. 4 and 5, referring to which it .vill be seen that the cross rod 92 is held place by a housing clip 33 which surrounds the S with a tight frictional fitv and which is itself slotted, as i icated at iii, to mate with slot 35. It will be evident that it is simply necessary to push a clip over each of the arms S after the eye set has been placed in slots 39.

Still another method for holding the cross rod 52 on arms S is shown in Figs. 5 and 7 of the drawings, referring to which it will be seen that the arms are notched at if and that the cross rod held in slots by a spring clip it which is generally L shaped, when viewed in plan, and the ends of which are provided with hooks or detent lugs 56 which are received in notches G2 and which hold the clip on the arms 6. The sides of clip t l may be slotted or bifurcatedas is indicated at in G, order to fit around the cross rod i2. Thi however, depends simply upon the relative dimensioning of the arms and notches therein with the clip and the desired spacing of the cross rod.

The cross may be held on the arms S by retaining lugs formed integrally with the arms, instead of by using separate clips such as have thus been described. Such an arrangement be described in connection wit. 17, 18, and 1d of the drawings, and referring thereto the reinforce plates P correspond to those heretofore described and are interconnected, as spot welding, with a horizontally positioned H-shaped connecting member C which in turn has inte grally formed therewith reawa-rdly extending support arms 5. The support arms 8 are slotted at to receive the rod 22 of the eye set. This slot, however, instead of be ng open-ended, is obstructed by a retaining lug best shown in 3.9. The retaining lugs 5 may initially be bent downwardly to clear the slot 52, in the manner shown in hi 1'? and 18. If desired. the lugs may be left n the normal position shown in Fig. 19 during molding operation, and may subsequently be bent sufficiently to clear the cross rod, and then restored to a position retaining the cross rod in place. In either case integral part of the support arm S is arranged to hold the cross rod in place but is not in the way when first inserting the cross rod in the support arm.

Another form of my invention is illustrated Figs. 8, 9, it of the drawings. form of the invention is similar to that heretofore described, in that orce plates P are used at each of the eye openings; but differs importantly in that the reinforce plates P are not interconnected by connecting member, but left separate and relatively movable. words, while each eye opening in head H is reinforced against distortion, shrinkage, and the like by its associated reinforce plate P, no attempt is made to prevent relative displacement of one eye opening with respect to the other.

The reinforce plates P may be appropriately shaped in any desired manner, those here illustrated being approximately square in outline.

The plates are each provided with a main opening 28 which, as has already been explained, is preferably somewhat larger than the eye opening it. Each plate is further provided with smaller openings 22 one or more of which may be used as locating holes for cooperation with locating pins on the molding core, and remaining ones of which may be used as anchor holes through which the rubber material of the head permitted to flow. The reiriorce plates P are provided with rearwardly extending support arn'is S which in the present case are triangular in shape, as best shown in Fig. 10. The support arnis provided with means for receiving and supporting the cross rod it of eye set E, and in the present the support means consists simply of bearing hol s punched through the support arm. The support arms S in the present instance forin end bearings for eye set E, and for this purpose are located at the outermost or remote edges of the reinforce plates P. To mount the eye set in place, it is simply necessary to stretch the support arms S widely apart, as by stretching apart the sides of the "read, until the ends of the cross rod are brought into the hearing holes iii. The cross rod is preferably made substantially longer than the diitance between the support arms 5, so that when once mounted in place it will be extremely difficult to dislodge the same from its mounting. This elongation of the cross rod not prevent the same from being mounted in the head, because advantage may taken of the flexible nature of head to sufficiently stretch the same for the desired purpose.

passing, may be noted that the interior front wall of the head be provided with ribs or webs 2" aligned with support arms S and ccrre spcm so the webs E3, the cause and purpose of which were already pointed out in connection with Figs 1 2 or" the drawings.

Another form of the'invention is illustrated in Figs. 11, and i3, referring to which the re inforce plates P resemble those last described in that they are separate from one another, and also by reason of the fact that the support arms S are formed integrally with and bent rearwardly from the plates P. The present form. however, differs in that the support arms are located at the inner or adjacent edges of the reinforce plates and constitute center bearings for the eye set E.

The support plates P in the present case are each preferably semi elliptical in outline, the straight or dialnetrical edges being arranged toward one another and forming the fold line of the support arms S. These are preferably bifurcated to form a receptive slot ii! the edges of which are notched. as is indicated at '52. The width of material is reduced somewhat at the point it so that the metal at either side of slot ii! may be spread, as indicated in Fig. 3.2, or closed, indicated in Figs. 1i. and 13. In order to hold the cross rod it of the eye set in place, a key it is em aloyed the construction of which is evident from the perspective view in 12. After the eye set has been placed in slot E8, the key it is also placed in the slot at the notches and the spread arms are thereupon squeezed together by any appropriate tool, thereby permanently locking the parts in assembled relation. In connection with this form of the ntion, it will be noted that the head is provided with webs 28 aligned with support arms S and corresponding to those heretofore described. It will also be noted that the reinforce plates P are provided with holes 22 which may be used as locating holes, or anchorage holes, or partially as either. In this case, as in the case of the arrangements already described, it will be appreciated that the location of the reinforce plates, when molding the head, is only partially maintained by the locating holes, for much of the support for the insert, particularly in a transverse direction, is obtained by reason of the support arms 5 being located in and supported by the mating groove in the core of the mold.

Attention is next directed to the form of the invention illustrated in Figs. l4, l5, and 16. This form of the invention corresponds to those last described in that separate reinforce plates P are used. It differs by employing support arms S at '1 the inner and outer edges of t e support plates, thereby providing both central and end aearings for the eye set. This in turn is divided into two parts which are respectively and independently supported by the reinforce plates. The two parts of the eye set are connected to a com-- mon wei ht, but in so flexible a manner that rela tive movement of the eye openings and with them the of the eye set is permitted without injury or bending of any of the parts.

Considered in greater detail, the reinforce plates P are preferably made similar and interchangeable, and each includes support arms S bent rearwardly from both sides of the support -.te. The support plate is preferably made of ient metal so that the arms S may be spread apart to receive the short or stub shafts 352. These individual shafts or cross rods are preferreduced at the ends, as indicated at i It, reby forming shoulders which act as thrust bearings contacting with the inner surfaces of the arms S. It is not essential to use such shoulders, for the shaft may be lengthened slightly and reliance placed upon the mating fit of the eye shell and eye opening to hold the shaft against axial movement. Each shaft H2 carries an eye shell which in turn is oscillated by a key l l 6 located partially within and partially in back of the eye ll and frictionally secured to the shaft i 92 in a .nanner best shown in Fig. 16. Weight wires and 5 2i) are secured to keys 1 i6. l/Veight wire carries a common operating weight 5 22 and is appropriately bent to bring the weight approximately centrally between the eye members. Weight wire i i8 is provided with a loop or eyelet i which somewhat loosely surrounds the weight wire 526. It will be evident on inspection of the drawings that with the arrangement here shown, each eye shell is spacially related to its eye openin a precise manner, and this relation is unrbed regardless of how much the flexible id may be squeezed or distorted out of shape. and simultaneous movement of the eye members is insured by operating the same through a single or common operating weight, yet the connection of the eye members to the common weight is arranged for flexibility or universal movement, so that no injury is caused the eye set by deformation of the head, and, in fact, ex-

for very extreme abuse, the eye set will tually continue to operate in a satisfactory detailed description. The invention is particularly applicable to flexible heads made, for example, of rubber, and in such case the eye openings are reinforced against forceful deformation or gradual change in shape upon aging of the rubber. The eye set is supported directly from the eye opening reinforcement in a simple, dependable and satisfactory manner, and the nature of the support predetermines the spacial relation between the eye set and the eye openings. Considered in this aspect, the invention is, of course, applicable to and valuable in connection with beads made of molded material even though not flexible. The reinforce plates may be rigidly interconnected by metal, or may be left relatively movable in the head. When interconnected by metal, a standardized reinforce plate may be used for a range of head size or range of spacing between eye openings. Provision is made for proper location of the reinforce plates during the molding operation, and for stripping of the molded head from the core of the mold. The eye set may be of exceedingly simple type consisting merely of a conventional cross rod carrying eye members an operating weight. This eye set be supported by end bearings, or center bearings, or both. In the last case the eye members may, if desired, be separately pivoted and relatively movable with the eye openings, the eye me. .bers being operated by a common operating weight so connected to the eye members as not to interfere with relative movement thereof. The eye set is added to the head after completion of the molding operation, by passing the same through the neck opening of the head and attaching the same in place in a variety of ways in volving, for example, the use of spring clips, or interlocking members, or bendable retaining lugs, or, even more simply, by temporary spreading of the support arms to receive the eye set.

It will therefore be apparent that while I have shown and described my invention in preferred forms, many changes and modifications may be made in the structures disclosed, without depar ing from the spirit of the invention, defined in the following claims.

I claim: 7

1. An eye socket reinforcing fitting adapted to be molded in a doll head made of flexible molded material, said fitting comprising an eye socket reinforcing plate having a main opening larger than the eye socket around which it is to be placed, and smaller holes in the plate outside of said opening, said plate being generally flat but shaped and dimensioned to fit within the head wall at the eye opening with its surface lying parallel to but within the wall.

2. An eye set supporting fitting adapted to be molded in a doll head made of rubber, said fitting comprising an eye socket reinforcing plate having a main opening larger than the eye socket around which it is to be placed, smaller holes located outside the main opening, and support means including a rearwardly extending arm fixed to said socket plate and provided with means for receiving and supporting the shaft or cross rod of an oscillatable eye set, said plate being generally flat but shaped and dimensioned to fit within the head wall at the eye opening with its surface lying parallel to but within the wall.

3. A flexible doll head made of rubber and provided with eye socket reinforcing means molded in the front wall of the head, said means compris jug eye socket reinforcing plates molded in the front wall of the head and surrounding said eye opening, each of said plates being generally flat and shaped to lie parallel to the wall within which it is molded, and having an opening the edge of which surrounds the eye opening of the head.

4. A doll head made of rubber and provided with eye socket reinforcing means molded in the front wall of the head, said means comprising eye socket reinforcing plates molded in the front wall of the head and each having a main opening larger than the eye opening and surrounding said eye opening, and smaller holes in said plate outside of said main opening, said plates being generally fiat but shaped and dimensioned to lit within the head wall at the eye openings, with the surfaces of the plates lying generally parallel to but within the wall.

5. A doll head made of rubber and provided with an eye set, and with eye set supporting means molded in the front wall of the head, said means comprising a sheet metal member molded in the front wall of the head, said member being generally flat but shaped and dimensioned to fit within the head wall at the eye opening, with the surface of the member lying parallel to but within the wall, and an eye set support arm extending rearwardly from said member, said eye set being mounted in supported by the aforesaid support arm.

6. A doll head made of flexible moldable material provided with an eye set and with an eye.

socket reinforcing and eye set supporting means molded in the front wall of the head, said means comprising eye socket reinforcing plates molded in the front wall of the head and having openings larger than the eye openings and surrounding said eye openings, said plates being generally flat but shaped and dimensioned to fit within the head wall at the eye openings, with the surfaces of the plates lying parallel to but within the wall, and eye'set support arms extending rear- Wardly from said reinforcing plates, said eye set being mounted in and supported by the aforesaid support arms.

7. A doll head made of rubber and provided with an eye set and with an eye socket reinfcrcing and eye set supporting means molded in the front wall of the head, said means comprising eye socket reinforcing plates molded in the front wall of the head and each having a main opening corresponding to the eye opening and surrounding said eye opening, smaller holes located outside of the main opening, said plates being generally flat but shaped and dimensioned to fit within the head wall at the eye openings, with the surfaces of the plates lying parallel to but within the wall, and eye set support arms extending rearwardly from said reinforcing plates, said eye set being mounted in and supported by the aforesaid support arms.

8. An eye socket reinforcing and eye set supporting means adapted to be molded in a doll head, said means including socket plateslnterconnected by a connecting member arranged between said socket plates, support arms for an eye set extending rearwardly from said member, each of said socket plates having an opening corresponding to the eye opening in the head, and said socket plates and connecting member being generally flat but shaped and dimensioned to fit in the front wall of the head with its surface lying parallel to but within the wall.

9. An eye socket reinforcing and eye set supporting means adapted to be molded in a flexible rubber doll head, said means including socket plates interconnected by an H-shaped connectwas ing member arranged horizontally between and secured to said socket plates, the center metal of said connecting member being bent rearwardly to form support arms for an eye set, each of said socket plates having an opening larger than the eye opening in the head, and said socket plates and connecting member being generally flat but shaped and dimensioned to fit in the front wall of the head with its surface lying parallel to but within the wall.

16. A flexible rubber doll head having integrally molded therein eye socket reinforcing and eye set supporting means, said means including socket plates interconnected by a connecting member arranged between said socket plates, support arms for an eye set extending rearward ly from said assembly, each of said socket plates having an opening surrounding the eye opening in the head, said socket plates and member being molded in the front wall of the head, said plates being generally flat but shaped and dimensioned to fit within the head wall at the eye openings, with the surfaces of the plates lying generally parallel to but within the wall, and an eye set supported by said support.

11. A flexible rubber doll head having integrally molded therein eye set supporting means, said means including an l i-shaped member arranged horizontally between the eye openings of the head, the center metal of said member being bent rearwardly to form support arms for eye set, said member being molded in the front wall of the head, and being generally flat but shaped and dimensioned to fit within the head wall at the eye opening, with the surface of the member lying parallel to but within the wall, except for the support arms, and an eye set including a shaft having a pair of eye members and a depending gravity weight mounted thereon, and means on said support arms for receiving and holding the eye set in place.

12. A flexible rubber doll head having in tegrally molded therein eye socket reinforcing and eye set supporting means, said means in cluding socket plates interconnected by an i-ishaped connecting member arranged horizontally between. and secured to said socket plates, the center metal of said connecting member being bent rearwardly to form support arms for an eye set, each of said socket plates having an opening surrounding the eye opening in the head, said socket plates and connecting member being molded in the front wall of the head, said plates being generally flat but shaped and dimensioned to fit within the head wall at the eye openings, with the surfaces of the plates lying generally parallel to but within the wall, and an eye set including a shaft having a pair of eye members and a do pending gravity weight mounted thereon, and means on said support arms for receiving and holding the eye set in place.

13. A flexible dolls head including eye socket reinforcing and eye set supporting means molded directly therein, said means including a pair of separate socket plates each having an opening corresponding to the eye opening in the head and molded in the material of the head surrounding the said eye opening, said plates being generally flat but shaped and dimensioned to fit within the head wall at the eye openings, with the surfaces of the plates lying generally parallel to but within the wall, said plates further including rearwardy extending eye set supporting arms.

14. A flexible rubber dolls head including eye socket reinforcing and eye set supporting means molded directly therein, and an eye set, said means including a pair of separate socket plates each having an opening larger than the eye opening in the head and molded in the material of the head surrounding the said eye opening, said plates being generally fiat but shaped and dimensioned to fit within the head wall at the eye openings, with the surfaces of the plates lying gen-- erally parallel to but within the wall, said plates further including rearwardly extending eye set supporting arms formed integrally with said plates and supporting said eye set.

15. A flexible dolls head including eye socke reinforcing and eye set supporting means molded directly therein, said means including a pair of separate socket plates each having an eye opening and molded in the material of the head sur rounding the said eye opening, said plates being generally fiat but shaped and dimensioned to fit within the head wall at the eye openings, with the surfaces of the plates lying generally parallel to but within the wall, said plates further including rearwardly extending eye set supporting arms, and an eye set supported by said arms, said arms being located at the outer sides of the plates and constituting end bearings for the eye'set.

16. A ilexible dolls head including eye socket reinforcing and eye set supporting means molded directly therein, said means including a pair or separate socket plates each having an eye opening and molded in the material of the head surrounding the said eye opening, said plates being generally flat but shaped and dimensioned to within the head wall at the eye openings, with the surfaces of the plates lying generally parallel to but within the wall, said plates further including rearwardly extending eye set supporting arms, and an eye set supported by said arms, said arms being located at the adjacent edges of the plates and constitutiir center bearings for the eye set.

17. A flexible dolls head including eye socket reinforcing and eye set supporting means molded directly therein, said means including a pair of separate socket plates each having an eye opening and molded in the material of the head surrounding the said eye opening, said plates being generally fiat but shaped and dimensioned to fit within the head wall at the eye openings, with the surfaces of the plates lying generally parallel to but within the wall, said plates further including rearwardly extending eye set supporting arms, and an eye set supported by said arms, said arms being located at the inner and outer sides of said plates and constituting center and end bearings for said eye set.

iii. A fiexi le dolls head including eye socke reinforcing and eye set supporting means molded directly therein, said means including a pair of separate socket plates each having an eye opening and molded in the material of the head surrounding the eye opening of the head, said plates being generally fiat but shaped and dimensioned to fit Within the head wall at the eye openings, with the surfaces of the plates lying generally parallel to but within the wall, each of said plates further including a pair of rearwardly extending support arms formed integrally with said plate at each side thereof, and an eye set supported by said arms, said eye set including a pair of shafts one located in the support arms of each of the plates, an eye shell on each of said shafts, aweight, and means so interconnecting the eye shells and weight as to permit relative movement of the plates and eye shells when the head is deformed.

19. A flexible soft rubber doll head including eye sockets, metallic stiffening and reinforcing means molded in the wall or" the head, at least a part of said means being located near the eye socket portion of the head, and substantially all of said means being embedded within and con- 

